Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:09:16 +0200https://english.radio.cz/national-anthems-athens-olympics-recorded-slovakia-8090145© 2026 Radio Prague International The 28th Olympic Games come to their end this weekend. And we know the names of the medal winners and we've seen the emotion on their faces as the music of their national anthems rings out across the stadium. But not too many of us knew that every note of every anthem at the Athens Olympics - came from Slovakia. The famous tunes were arranged by Slovak composer Peter Breiner who recorded them with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Slovak Radio. The manager of the orchestra, Marian Turner: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/olymp_sk.jpg?timestamp=1590301106 https://english.radio.cz/national-anthems-athens-olympics-recorded-slovakia-8090145 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9